"William looks like a dissatisfied man you've abandoned." Raising his eyebrow, Lucas looked at the direction of William upstairs. He turned around gracefully and said to Mary, "Get on!"
"Okay," answered Mary. She waved goodbye to the three who were peering through the window. After that, she turned around and got on the fancy motorcycle.
"Mommy is gone!"
"Yes, she is." Watching them leave, William felt that the road to chase his wife was still a long and winding one.
The loud sound of his motorbike rang in Lucas's ears. He drove the motorcycle on the congested road and dodged cars along the way. Holding Lucas's waist tightly, Mary was half excited and half afraid.
"Lucas, slow down!"
Lucas took a sharp turn at the crossroad. Mary was so startled that she screamed.
"Ha ha!" Lucas's hearty laughter came from the front. "That was fun! Let's go!"
As he spoke, he sped up. ''Ah!'1
The motorcycle sped up, and Mary's scream was left behind.
After half an hour's ride, the two had finally arrived at the filming scene. It was at the square near the sea.
"Wow." After shaking her feet for a few times, she bent over and said in a hoarse voice, "I can't do it anymore. It's too... it's too exciting."
"Isn't it fun?" Lucas stopped the motorcycle and got off as well.
Mary took off his helmet and her long hair swayed in the sea wind.
She nodded with a smile. "It's a lot of fun! It's the most exciting thing I've ever experienced in my life!"
"That's good." Lucas looked at her with a smile. "I'll take you with me next time."
"Okay." Mary handed him the helmet and said, "I'll go to the filming set now. Be careful when you go back."
She then turned around and walked to the set.
Lucas took the helmet and looked at Mary's back. His heart skipped a beat. He took two steps towards her and stopped her at once. "Stop! Don't go." "What's wrong?" Upon hearing this, Mary was surprised. When she turned around, she saw the complicated emotions in Lucas's eyes. His eyes were full of nostalgia, sadness, and reluctance.
"Have you made up your mind?" Lucas asked as he grabbed her hand.
"What... what do you mean?" Mary was confused at his question.
"Have you decided that it's still William?"
"I...” Mary blinked her eyes blankly. She did not expect that he was referring to the person in her heart. After pausing for a moment, she answered, "William is the biological father of my children. The kids also like him so—"
"What about you?" Lucas interrupted her sentence. His eyebrows were furrowed and he seemed dissatisfied with her answer. "Is it because you like him that you decided to go back to him?"
'Do I like him?'
Mary thought for a while, 'William is bad tempered, squeamish, arrogant, and has a dark history. Except for his handsome face, I really don't think he is good enough. But four years have passed and I still don't hate him.'
Mary was immersed in her memory that she was silent for a long time.
"Even if you were so eager to escape from him at that time, don't you care about it now?" Lucas continued.
"If I say I don't care, does that mean I'm useless?" Mary smiled with self-mockery.
"Mary."
Mary turned around and took a few steps to the sea. With her hands on the railing, her expression looked a bit dreamy as if she was floating away. "When I was abroad for the past four years, I believed that he was in Norway. I always thought that I would never see him again and it made me sad.
I gave birth to his babies, without his knowledge. Sometimes I felt lucky, but sometimes I felt sad. I could not help but wonder, what would happen if he knew about the existence of the children? Or what if we were together since the beginning?
After knowing that he's not a gay, my values were overturned.
Until he said he loved me, he wanted to be with me, and he wanted the children..." After a short pause, Mary continued, "I just realized that I have been waiting for his promise for a long time. For four years, I never once forgot about him. He has a special place at the bottom of my heart."
After Mary said those words, neither of them said anything. There was only silence except for the whistling sea wind. "I see." After a long time, Lucas broke the silence and said indifferently, "So I'm out."
"Lucas, you've been a really good friend." Guilt emerged in Mary's heart. "You deserve a better woman. I can't hold you up."
"It's a common skill to dump people." Lucas smiled bitterly. "I said the same thing to other women before. Now you're saying it to me. This feeling... Haha! I really feel bad."
"I'm sorry." Mary looked at him apologetically. As she could never accept his love, she could only thank him for it. She knew an apology was not enough to ease her guilt she felt towards him.
"Mary, all I can say is that you have no taste in men." Lucas pretended to be relaxed and said, "You don't like a doctor like me, who is dignified and good at singing. Why do you want to be with that dead wood like William?"
"Yes, there will always be a girl with sharp eyes. " Mary laughed.
"After you made up your decision, don't go back on your word. Don't cry and beg me again. The threshold of my admission is very high!" Lucas smiled.
"Ha ha!" With a laugh, Mary said, "That's your style as a doctor."
"You can leave now. I have to go to work." "Okay." Seeing Lucas nod, Mary turned around and left.
As Lucas looked at her back, the smile on his face disappeared immediately and his eyes darkened.
'Mary, will you regret it? Am I being sentimental again?'
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